Baseball great Ozzie Smith opens new FanDuel sportsbook in Illinois
| By Nosa Omoigui
US betting giant FanDuel today announced the opening of its new retail sportsbook in Collinsville, Illinois in the Greater St Louis area.
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The new location is situated within FanDuel Sportsbook & Horse Racing, formerly known as Fairmount Park Racetrack, and the first wager was placed by baseball hall of famer Ozzie Smith – $20 on the St. Louis Cardinals to win the World Series outright.
“This has been a special project for us because our name isn’t just on the sportsbook, it’s on the track itself,” Keith Wall, FanDuel vice president of retail, said.